For Spring, Alexander Wang deviated from his tried-and-true route of edgy black grunge and rock apparel and opted for… preppy – if a tad abstract – looks “cheerleaders and jocks should’ve worn in high school” (Style.com). The football gear felt very 40s – I think of the Three Stooges – and the striped sweaters and other prep-wear (semi-sheer sweatervests, etc.) filled in the leftover slots. Leather shorts and wool felt almost fallish to me, which is good, because that’s what season we’re wearing now. Who says you can’t take cues for fall from the spring runway?

Alla Kostromicheva. A ‘football’ look. Or is it baseball? (I don’t know of either who wear capes…)

Angela Lindvall.

Magdalena Fracowiak. A… cheerleader?

Natasha Poly.

Lily Donaldson.

Isabeli Fontana.

Abbey Lee. Now those are some leather shorts. (Football gear or sex-shop purchase? You decide)

Final thoughts: at first glance I didn’t really like the collection, but when I browsed through all the looks individually, I ended up liking lots of them – mostly for their uniqueness. No other designer has gone the 40s-football and sporty-prep route for spring… yet… So yes, I liked it.

Mmmhmm. Note the lack of towering heels… good for arches, but not so good for people with, shall we say, non-modelesque legs. (Moi, par example?)

Jumping around a bit to Fendi // Fall 2009…

eniko mihalik

bustiers & corsets = a s/s staple. fall, too. so pretty much anytime you feel like bringing on they sexy without being too, you know, whorish. haha.
yeah i’m a bit loopy… dry coughing, headaches, and achiness tends to do that to you. ciao.

The end of fashion week has left us all in a stupor of sorts – we’re all wandering around with a dazed look in our eyes, Starbucks in hand, hair in a perfectly mussed bun, with visions of thigh-high boots, sparkling minis, and outrageous gowns dancing in our heads. Aftershock of sorts; like PTSD for fashion addicts (PFWS: Post Fashion Week Syndrome). In the wake of FW, I still have a few bits to catch up on, namely…

Ali Stephens. Cheetah fierce! Haha idk. Love that bag… actually this whole look has caught my eye for some reason. (The feline on the dress, perhaps?) This sort of takes an all-grey look to a whole new level. (The level of ridiculously cool & chic, yet wearable… for a brave soul…)

Karolin Wolter. More colour here, still forest + circus.

Irina Kulikova. This print reminds me not only of clowns and jesters, but also Alice in Wonderland for some reason. The crazy, slightly distorted checks… hmm. Either that or the wallpaper in some little kid’s playroom. Maybe the carpet.

Ouais… definitely a more eclectic collection, and maybe an acquired taste… but it’s made it onto my List pour la saison. Bravo!

I watched some movies from the 60’s, and it’s got me thinking… the 60’s were such a cool time. The clothes (well, mostly – those plaid pants the guys wore, shudder… my dad commented, as we watched a dance scene, “Hey, I had a pair of those!” *cringe* Thanks, dad.) were cool – I love that mod look, except you have to be a twig (hello, Twiggy!) to pull them off. Watching the Twiggy look-alikes run around in short, mod shift dresses with their pixie cuts made me feel oh-so-huge and frumpy. 😛

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Ah, the 60’s…

Wouldn’t you like to be here?

The 99 steps at St Mary’s Church on Bled Island, Slovenia. [via TheMoment blog]I so want to take a year – or two or three – off and just go places. Europe, Asia, Australia… I’m running out of continents, because – while it’d be cool – I’m not sure I’d really want to go to Antarctica. But yeah. Not just go on a whirlwind tour of Europe – a few weeks – but really spend time in each place, get to know the city (or rural town, I don’t really mind) and really get the feel of the culture. I know, I know, America’s supposed to be the Great Melting Pot, but it just doesn’t have the long history or rich cultural heritage of England or France or Spain, etc… Lord knows how many memory cards I’d need!

Anyway…
A cool look outside Gareth Pugh. Rick Owens coat

Via StreetPeeper.

Ah, this is turning out to be one of those long, ramblingly random posts. Sorry if it bothers you. Although, hey – I’ve just realised I’ve run out of things (for now).

BALMAINShort, tight bandage dresses; sparkles all about; a definite air of rock chic.

Anja Rubik.

Erin Wasson. (!)

Natasha Poly.

Anja Rubik.

Think I’ve gone over that already… do watch the video, though, c’est fantastique!

NINA RICCIAgain, another write-up from Style.com that I feel really does the collection justice:

“The show might have been his swan song at Nina Ricci, but Olivier Theyskens saw it through with a fierce, surreal poetry no one who witnessed it will forget. Vastly tall, his strong-shouldered women were walking, trancelike, on what looked like an impossibility: a laced-up platform ankle boot with a sickle-shaped hole at the back. No heels at all. Their clothes—everything from strangely flowing pants to incredibly cut suits to probably the best black leather jacket in Paris and evening dresses with swooping, furling skirts—were a tour de force. Between the strange atmosphere, the supersharp, almost Mugler-esque jackets, and the sculpted forms, it rounded up everything fashion-watchers have known Theyskens is capable of, and went even further.

“I was thinking of a nocturnal mood,” he said backstage, trying to explain how he’d orchestrated it. “Not nightclubbing at all. Something moonlit—a bit magical.” Oddly enough, it wasn’t melancholy and never lapsed into the costumey gothic mindset Theyskens once inhabited. Instead, the collection was a proud—if not exactly defiant—series of reminders of the chic, precise way he used to cut a jacket when he was running his own line, a flashback to the corseted lingerie he perfected at Rochas, and an underscoring of the genius he has applied to making grand event dresses during his tenure at Ricci. Backstage, Theyskens was gracious and smiling as he received sincere congratulations for an outing that showcased all his talents, offered many things for many women to wear for many occasions, and was thereby the most mature and salable collection he’s designed to date. Quite why he saved his best till last is a mystery, but Ricci’s management may just be kicking itself for letting him go.”

Karmen Pedaru. Boots!

Kendra Spears. Look! Batman! (Or something…)

Sigrid Agren.

Kelvin. (IMG)

RICK OWENS started off, as predicted, on a notably dark note… but as the show progressed, the looks morphed into something lighter – “swans”, Owens said.

Heidi Mount.

Sasha Pivrovarova

Here we see the swan.

Ali Stephens.

Kinga Rajzak.

Now…

Proenza Schouler Fall 2009 boots on the street! [JAK&JIL]

Also from JAK&JIL, Hanne Gaby Odiele sporting a Rick owens 2004 curly-hair-lined freebie, like several other models.